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Valve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 months ago

But the fact people spend $60 on a skin in a game, for just one character or weapon, is absolutely fucking insane.

My nephew got very excited about the Transformers skins coming to Overwatch. I let him have his hype cycle (we are both Transformers fans), then asked him how much it cost. I told him he could buy an entire game for that much. Then, on his own, he started analyzing the pricing, and how buying 3 of the 4 on their own is more than buying the whole pack. Which segued nicely into how companies use price to steer people into buying specific things.

But he was still iffy until I told him that the same money could buy 2-3 HG Gundam kits. The next day he told me that he had bought an RG kit instead. Works for me.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 11 points 3 months ago

Respect to him.

[-] ruse8145 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm so torn between "good that the kids learning to do the math" and "kid is still basically paying for Barbie dream house clothing packs which change the actual game exactly 0"

Net positive I think, and good on op for nudging kinder the right direction, but...damn have game companies gotten us under their fingers.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 3 months ago

"Oh come on, you know you want the shiny, it's only $60!"

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